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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
1
The Aberdeen Heraun, published by F. Girton and John J. Carney, consolidates with the Montesano Gazette to form a brighter, more newsworthy paper. Readers are invited to send births marriages or deaths notices and short communications with names for publication consideration.
Discussion in the press questions who deserves pensions, arguing that many on the rolls are undeserving while truly entitled veterans from Charleston to Aox suffer. The piece cites pension law flaws, calls for reform, and notes public support for savings banks and Cuba relief debates as context.
Local notes report light snow and low river levels hindering travel. Prospects of two logging camps on Wishkah, road improvements, and a population shift as O H P Wiley moves to town. Community letters push settler rights before Congress while rail and timber issues draw protest. Real estate transfers and a call for a deep water channel bill are listed alongside school attendance and local deaths.
Fragmented text describes edvise and foolish advisers, contrasts Irish history with modern woes, cites parliamentary quotes from 1795 and 1812, references The Standard and London Spectator, and ends with a testimonial for One Minute Cough Cure from Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisburg. The piece blends humorous critique with historical allusions and a medical advertisement.
Personal testimony from Burrato New York extols Shiloh cure for advanced consumption claiming it saves many from the disease. The ad notes Evans Drug Co sells the remedy and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for biliousness and indigestion, offering a 1008 page medical adviser for 21 cents.
A collage of historical craving for gold rushes and Demorest’s fashion updates, interwoven with patent medicine promotions. Ely’s Cream Balm for catarrh, Hood’s Coupon Calendar with books, One Minute Cough Cure claims, Hatn’s Catarrh Cure testimonials, and 1886 notarized affidavits mix with cheap paper ads and paper recycling notes.
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